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Little Corona Del Mar Beach, California

Beach in Orange County, California

Air quality

The air at Little Corona Del Mar Beach

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 12 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good11.5 mi
  • Ozone28Good35 ppb11.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good11.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.6 ppb16.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm16.1 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Little Corona Del Mar Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Little Corona Del Mar Beach, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat
Little Corona Del Mar Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSW from the sand at 7:23 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 14 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.S190200210Facing SSW 197°Sun 93° leftWind 14 mphfrom NE, offshoreSwell 3.0 ft from WSWLongshore current, to the leftRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking SSW from the sand at 7:23 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 14 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SSW 197°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: moderate

The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.

A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Orange County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46266, 55.5 mi away.

Today

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 4 feet
Water temperature
70 to 72 °F

Waves at buoy 46266, Del Mar Nearshore

Wave height
2.0 ft
Period
14 s
From
WSW (242°)
Swell
1.6 ft at 14 s from WSW
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 6 s from WNW
Water
71 °F
Read
Fri 6:56 AM
Distance
55.5 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 46266, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 6:56 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri2.0 ftWave height at buoy 46266, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 6:56 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoonFri2.0 ft
Significant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 6:56 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 6:56 AM2.0 ft14 sWSW (242°)
Fri 5:56 AM2.0 ft14 sWSW (244°)
Fri 4:56 AM2.3 ft14 sWSW (243°)
Fri 3:56 AM2.3 ft14 sWSW (243°)
Fri 2:56 AM2.0 ft13 sWSW (253°)
Fri 1:56 AM2.3 ft14 sWSW (246°)
Fri 12:56 AM2.0 ft14 sWSW (254°)
Thu 11:56 PM2.3 ft14 sWSW (242°)
Thu 10:56 PM2.3 ft14 sWSW (239°)
Thu 9:56 PM2.6 ft14 sWSW (244°)
Thu 8:56 PM2.6 ft14 sWSW (250°)
Thu 7:56 PM2.3 ft14 sWSW (249°)
Thu 6:56 PM2.3 ft14 sWSW (249°)
Thu 5:56 PM3.0 ft14 sWSW (240°)
Thu 4:56 PM2.6 ft14 sWSW (244°)
Thu 3:56 PM2.6 ft14 sWSW (239°)
Thu 2:56 PM3.0 ft15 sWSW (250°)
Thu 1:56 PM2.6 ft14 sWSW (257°)
Thu 12:56 PM2.6 ft13 sWSW (251°)
Thu 11:56 AM2.3 ft15 sWSW (249°)
Thu 10:56 AM2.3 ft15 sWSW (246°)
Thu 9:56 AM2.3 ft15 sWSW (244°)
Thu 8:56 AM2.6 ft15 sWSW (247°)
Thu 7:56 AM2.6 ft14 sWSW (247°)

Surf zone forecast

Orange County Coastal Areas. Issued 12:44 AM PDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskModerateLow
Surf height2 to 4 feet1 to 3 feet
Water temperature70 to 72 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksMixed south wind swell from 190° and west swell from 300°Mixed south wind swell from 160° and northwest swell from 320°
TidesNewport BeachHigh 4.7 ft, 12:18 PMLow 0.9 ft, 9:08 PMNewport BeachHigh 4.3 ft, 1:32 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:32 PM

Tide

Tide at Newport BeachHigh 4.7 ft at Fri 12:18 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 9:08 PM, High 4.3 ft at Sat 1:32 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 10:32 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PM4.7 ft12:18 PM0.9 ft9:08 PM4.3 ft1:32 PM0.9 ft10:32 PMTide at Newport BeachHigh 4.7 ft at Fri 12:18 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 9:08 PM, High 4.3 ft at Sat 1:32 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 10:32 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonSatNoon4.7 ft12:18 PM0.9 ft9:08 PM4.3 ft1:32 PM0.9 ft10:32 PM
Tide at Newport Beach. High 4.7 ft at Fri 12:18 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 9:08 PM, High 4.3 ft at Sat 1:32 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 10:32 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Orange County
State
California
Latitude
33.5903° N
Longitude
117.8695° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Little Corona Del Mar Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Laguna BeachNPRC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.1 mi away/951 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Santa Ana/Jon-WayneSNA

At an airfield/5.9 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station EW7328EW7328

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.0 mi away/72 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174

Beside a road/36.5 mi away/908 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Newport Beach 1.2 ECA-OR-79

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/90 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Santa Ana Fire STNSTAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/125 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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